Supercrips versus the pitiful handicapped: Reception of disabling images by disabled audience members

Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-466

  Kama, Amit ^a  

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Author keywords

Disabled audience members; Disabling images; Supercrip

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149093320     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/comm.2004.29.4.447     Document Type: Article

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